05.11.2012
Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Wednesday 7 November at 2.30 p.m.‘NUI to present Awards and Scholarships, valued at over €1 million at its annual Award Ceremony’
The National University of Ireland will hold its annual awards ceremony on the 7th November to celebrate the academic achievements of its graduates and students. At the ceremony, the Chancellor of the University Dr Maurice Manning will present NUI Scholarships and Awards valued at over €1 million.
Among the awards to be presented are five Post-Doctoral Fellowships including the inaugural NUI Dr Garret FitzGerald Post-Doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities. Each Post-Doctoral Fellowship is valued at €80,000.
The NUI E J Phelan Fellowship in International Law and the NUI Travelling Studentships in the Humanities and Social Sciences and in the Sciences will also be awarded.
In 2012, over one hundred students and graduates from the constituent universities and recognised colleges of the federal university will receive awards. UCD, UCC, NUI Galway, NUI Maynooth, RCSI, St Angela’s College and NCAD will be represented in the award winners.
Other awards include the Dr H H Stewart Literary and Medical Scholarships, the Dr Mary L Thornton Scholarship in Education, the Denis Phelan Scholarship, the Mansion House Fund Scholarships in Irish and Irish History and the NUI Art and Design Award.